Compressing bones releases molecules that ease traumatic brain injuriesMon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Pressing down on shin bones improved cognitive and motor symptoms in mice and pigs with traumatic brain injuries | |
What disasters will El Niño bring over the next year?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 From wildfires to landslides to coral bleaching, past trends suggest what extreme weather the record El Niño will bring – but the world isn’t prepared | |
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio who developed optogeneticsMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:37:07 +0000 The 2026 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for the development of techniques for controlling brain cells with light | |
arXiv might not survive AI slop onslaught, warn mathematiciansMon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Mathematicians warn that pre-print service arXiv is so flooded with AI slop papers that it has become virtually unusable – but the service has struck back at "low-value" submissions with a new limit for uploaders | |
Should we keep children away from sugar for their first 1000 days?Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 The list of age-related conditions we can avoid by limiting sugar is shockingly long. But does that mean we should stop our children eating any sugar at all? Columnist Alice Klein takes a look at the evidence for cutting out sugar from conception to age 2 | |
Fossil mammal with reptile-like teeth changes picture of our evolutionFri, 02 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 Unlike most modern mammals, which get just two sets of teeth in their lifetime, an ancient species from the Cretaceous, found in China, appears to have had the ability to replace its teeth throughout its life | |
Mathematicians and AI in behind-the-scenes battle over what’s trueFri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000 AI models are solving mathematics problems with increasing pace, and a technique called formalisation is key to demonstrating that their claimed solutions are indeed correct. But can we trust the formalisation process? | |
First week of life seems crucial for future allergy and eczema riskFri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The mainstream view is that there are no particularly critical phases in the development of the immune system, but a study of hundreds of infants suggests otherwise | |
Brain area discovered that may be critical for viable pregnanciesFri, 02 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0000 A newly discovered part of the brain is essential for successful embryo implantation in mice. It may help to explain why some pregnancies and IVF attempts fail | |
Read an extract from Exit Party by Emily St. John MandelFri, 02 Oct 2026 08:15:00 +0000 In the opening to Emily St. John Mandel's new novel Exit Party, the October read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to Los Angeles in 2031, as a curfew lifts from the city | |